A review by racqthebelle
A Previous Life by Edmund White

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

It’s actually impressive that this book is filled with so much sex and bondage and still manages to be mind-numbingly boring. I’m only giving it two stars because I found the meta-self-insert odd in an intriguing way (what was the point of it?) and Ruggero’s white supremacist, old-money narcissism was clownishly absurd.